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1) Tumble
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2022 Anderson's Bookshop Mock Newbery
2023 Youth Services Favorites (SCPL-YS)
BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
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BBD Hispanic Culture 2023
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Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
2) SumoKitty
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Monarch Award Nominees 2022
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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A hungry cat gets a job hunting mice at a sumo training center (heya), but once the mice are gone he continues to stuff himself until he is too fat to chase the mice that have returned--so he decides to train with the sumo wrestlers, and SumoKitty becomes a scourge of mice and an inspiration to the wrestlers.
3) Pinned
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Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.
4) Bump
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OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
Score! Middle Grade Sports Books (SCPL-YS)
Staff Picks - June 2023
Score! Middle Grade Sports Books (SCPL-YS)
Staff Picks - June 2023
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"MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new...
6) Takedown
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Winning season volume 8
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Seventh-grader Donald, living with his parents in New Jersey, is determined to master wrestling but discovers that to win at the sport he must learn to control his temper.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Friday night, and these kids are ready to wrestle! Join Dangerous Daddoo as he dishes out some serious moves to get the kids ready for bed. But what happens when Flying Mom Bomb gets home from work? Are the kids toast?
8) Ragtag team
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Slamdown town volume 2
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When Tamiko is transformed into Game Over, she and best friend Ollie, as Big Chew, team up to face Slamdown Town tag-team champions the Krackle Kiddos, but will their friendship survive?
10) Tumbos
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Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
11) SumoPuppy
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When puppy Chanko-chan is adopted by a sumo heya she is eager to learn how to be her best self among the wrestlers, but unfortunately she gets off to a slow start with SumoKitty.
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2023 Monarch Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
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Hispanic Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
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Lucha Libre champion Niño has no trouble fending off monstrous opponents, but when his little sisters awaken from their naps, he is in for a no-holds-barred wrestling match that will truly test his skills.
13) We are mayhem
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Seventeen-year-old Birdie must overcome her desire to blend in so she can help new friend Abigail Rose take her family's amateur wrestling promotion in a new, more feminist direction.
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Nino (Yuyi Morales) volume 2
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English
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"Niño's little sisters get in on the wrestling action"--
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Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
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Hispanic Heritage Month (Youth)
OBD Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) - Youth
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Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabé, his dog, gather tacos, frutas picadas, cuernos, and more and deliver them to los luchadores preparing for Lucha Libre 5000.
16) Alondra
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"Seventeen-year-old Alonda finds friendship, fame, and love on the streets of Coney Island when she befriends a group of teen wrestlers"--
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Time warp trio series volume 9
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English
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Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown, " when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.
18) Takedown
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"Jeff wants to be a good wrestler, but will his bad temper get in the way?"--Unedited summary from book.
19) Cover blown!
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Gum Girl volume 4
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English
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When Gabby and her family visit her uncle in Cobel, Mexico, she learns about her Aztec roots, and faces students from the wrestling school of her uncle's rival.
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